JAN  16  1989 


sec    #10,846 

High  St.  Pres.  Church, 

Newark,  N.J. 
Fiftieth  anniversary 


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IN     iKLEBKAl  ION    Ol'     1  HE     FIFTIETH     ANN1\ERSAR>'     OF    THE     ORGAM/A- 
ITON  OF'IHE  UICII  S]-.  PRESBYTERIAN  CHIRCH  Ol''  NEWARK,  N.  J. 

36v  tbc  ipastov, 

IRev.  lewis  lampman,  2).  2). 


Ps.  12b  :j — "77/i'  Lorif  hath  douegrcat  things  for  us  ;  where  of 
we  are  glad." 

T  IS  my  purpose  to  give  you  this  morning-  as 
far  as  I  can  the  history  of  the  High  street 
church.  That  history  is  covered  almost 
entirelv  by  three  pastorates,  that  of 
L).  W.  Poor,  D.  D.,  J.  H.  Mcllvaine,  D.  D. , 
and  your  present  pastor.  A  review  of  these  pastorates 
will  cover  all  the  essential  historical  facts. 

There  is  some  preliminary  history  that  ought  to  be 
set  down  in  order  to  the  full   story.     That  history  has 
been  delightfully  given  both  by   Dr.    Poor  and   Elder 
Wm.   Rankin.      I  shall  quote  freely  from  both  without 
further  credit.     Also  in  the  sessional  record  there  is  a 
summary  of  this  early  history  by,  I  think,  Mr.  J.  B.  Pin- 
neo,   and  that  I  shall  copy. 
h^CXAA  P  I  f'^l  I^"^  the  summer  184^  two   ladies,   Mrs.    Martha  C. 
\/  "  *    '    TDickerson  and  Miss  Nancy  Hunter,  moved  by  the  sight 
'S-^Li-r^  of  the  neglected  and  untaught  children   that  swarmed 

\^/v  '  /  ^"  th®  neighborhood  of  High  and  Mercer  streets, 
^a'*«^-e--t-f  resolved  to  open  a  Sunday  School.  The  success  of  the 
school  at  first  was  small.  A  few  children  were,  how- 
ever, gathered  together  and  taught  in  rooms  furnished 
by  the  generosity  of  private  families.  This  effort  con- 
tinued for  two  stmimers,  and  notwithstanding  the 
disadvantages  of  an  intermittent  school  and  no  suitable 
building,  the  work  progressed.  In  the  summer  of 
1843  Mr.  Wm.  S.    Ketchum  kindlv  offered   the  school 


the  use  of  the  second  story  in  his  shop,  and  he  himself 
came  in  as  a  teacher.  Mr.  James  B.  Pinneo  was 
chosen  superintendent.  The  number  of  scholars  now 
in  attendance  was  about  twenty- five,  and  these  were 
formed  in  five  or  six  classes. 

"  ( )n  the  approach  of  winter  such  was  the  success 
attending  the  enterprise  that  it  was  deemed  advisable 
to  continue  the  school  through  the  season.  For  this 
accordingly  arrangements  were  at  once  made." 

In  1847  the  school  had  grown  until  it  had  overflowed 
in  the  room  below.  It  was  determined  then  to  provide 
better  accommodations.  On  May  29,  1848,  a  lot  was 
purchased  on  Mercer  street  for  $250.00,  and  a  chapel 
large  enough  to  seat  225  persons  was  erected  at  an 
additional  cost  of  $1,392.51.  "The  property  was 
deeded  to  three  trustees,  Messrs.  Wm.  Rankin,  John 
Taylor  and  John  R.  Davison,  to  be  held  for  religious 
and  educational  purposes  solely.  It  was  dedicated 
November  25,  1848,  Rev.  H.  N.  Brinsmade  preaching 
the  sermon  from  Luke  9:13,  'Give  ye  them  to  eat.'" 
"  To  it  belongs  the  honor  of  being  the  first  distinct- 
ively mission  chapel  erected  in  Newark,  if  we  except 
the  Bethel  for  canal  boatmen.  Thus  far  it  was  a 
union  enterprise.  Though  led  by  Presbyterians,  it 
enjoyed  also  the  active  support  of  both  the  (Dutch) 
Reformed  and  Methodist  denominations," 

In  the  same  year  the  Rev.  Enos  A.  Osborne,  "  the 
father  and  grandfather  of  our  Osbornes,"  was  engaged 
for  three  months,  and  subsequently  for  nine  months 
longer,  to  conduct  preaching  services  in  the  afternoon 
and  evening.  Through  his  labors  a  small  audience 
was  statedlv  assembled. 

On  the  2d  Sabbath  of  May,  1849.  Rev.  D.  W.  Poor 
being  in  the  city  on  a  visit,  was  invited  by  Mr.  Osborne 
to  preach  in  the  evening,  "which  he  did  to  the 
great  delight  of  all  present."  At  once  this  Sabbath 
School  of  which  Mr.  Pinneo  was  superintendent  re- 
solved to  jccure  the  services  of  Mr.  Poor  as  missionary. 
A  call  was  extended  to  him  and  accepted  by  him,  and 
on  the  15th  of  June,  1849,  he  began  his  labors  on  a 
salary  of  $700. 

"His  labors  were  soon  followed  by  most  happy 
results  So  encouraging"  was  the  aspect  of  the  congre- 
gation gathered  in  the  course  of  the  summer  and  such 
the  indications  of  Providence  that  measures  were  soon 
taken  for  the  formation  of  a  church."  "After  the 
observance  of  a  day  of  fasting  and   prayer  a  call  was 


made  for  the  names  of  those  who  were   read}'  to   unite 
in  a  chureh  org-anization. " 

The  following  individuals  (38  in  all)  responded: 

Mk.   Aaron  Coe,  Mrs.   Louisa  T.  Davis, 

Mrs.   Julia  Coe,  Mr.  Jno.  R.   Davison, 

Mr.   Joseph  D.   Coe,  Mr.  Josiah   F.   Davison, 

Miss  Abby  W.   Coe,  Mr.  E.  D.  S.  Goodyear, 

Mrs.  Catharine  Coe,  Mrs.  Sarah  C.  Goodyear, 

Mr.  Joshua  M.   Beach,  Mrs.   Phebe  Ann  Goble, 

Mr.  Aaron  Davis,  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Howell, 

Mrs.  Sarah  Davis,  Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Hall, 

Mr.  Jas.   T.   Davis.  Mr.  Wm.   S.   Ketchum. 

Mr.  Robt.  McKenzie,  Mrs.  Nancy  L.  Ketchum, 

Mrs.  Janet  McKe.vzie,  Mrs.    Elizabeth  Lee, 

Mr.   Chas.   T.   Pierson,  Miss  Louisa  Osborne, 

Mrs.   Harriet  Pierson,  Miss  Henrietta  Osborne. 
Mrs.  Caroline  B.   Pennington,     Mrs.    Mary  Judd, 

Mr.  James  B.   Pinneo,  Miss  M.  C.  Young, 

Mrs.   Eliza  L.   Pinneo,  Mrs.  Sarah  G.  Ward  Rowley, 

Mrs.  Emily  R.  Taylor,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.  Newkirk, 

Miss  Emily  Sanford,  Jno.  B.  Newman, 

Sarah  M.  Corwith,  Rebecca  Nfavman. 

Of  all  these  names  all  but  three  or  four  have  passed 
to  join  the  church  above.  One  only,  Mrs.  Aaron  Coe, 
ling-ers  yet  among  us  in  membership  to  bless  those  who 
revere  and  love  her.  She  is  here  to-day,  and  we 
invoke  upon  her  the  blessings  of  the  God  she  has  so 
long  loved  and  served. 

"  On  the  loth  of  September,  1849,  the  High  Street 
Presbyterian  Church  was  organized.  The  service  was 
held  in  the  evening  in  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church. 
The  chief  addresses  of  the  occasion  were  delivered  bv 
Rev.  Dr.  J.  B.  Condit.  Rev.  Dr.  H.  N.  Brinsmade 
and  Rev.  Mr.  Poor.  The  particular  duty  of  putting 
the  constitutional  questions  and  thus  forming  the 
church  was  devolved  on  Dr.  Brinsmade,  who  had  not 
only  taken  deep  interest  in  the  new  church  from  the 
beginning,  but  had  also  effectually  furthered  it  by  his 
counsel,  and  by  the  free  surrender  of  some  of  his  most 
valued  members  to  aid  in  its  formation.  Mr.  James 
B  Pinneo  and  Mr.  Jno.  R.  Davison  were  elected  and 
installed  elders.'' 

"On  the  15th  of  October,  IBID,  the  congregation 
was  organized  by  law,  under  the  name  of  the  '  High 
Street  Presbyterian  Church,'  and  elected  the  following 
trustees:  Wm.  Pennington,  Aaron  Coe,  R.  McKenzie, 
Chas.  Taylor,  C.  T.  Pierson,  Wm.  S.  Ketcham  and 
Jno.  R.  Weeks.  Gov.  Wm.  Pennington  was  chosen 
president  of  the  board." 


In  the  same  month,  October,  1849,  Rev.  D.  W. 
Poor  received  a  call  to  become  the  pastor  of  the  newly- 
organized  church  at  a  salary  of  $8C0.  He  accepted  the 
call,  and  was  duly  installed  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  November  7,  1849. 

The  following-  account  of  the  installation,  taken 
from  the  Daily  Advertiser  of  November  8,  1849,  will 
be  of  interest:  "The  installation  of  the  Rev.  Daniel 
W.  Poor  as  pastor  of  High  Street  Church  in  this  city, 
took  place  Wednesday  evening-  in  the  First  Presbyter- 
ian Church,  in  the  presence  of  a  full  audience.  Rev. 
Dr.  Eddy,  of  the  Park  Church,  made  the  opening- 
prayer  and  proposed  the  constitutional  questions,  and 
the  installation  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Prentiss,  of  New  Bedford,  from  1  Cor.,  19:20,  an  able 
discourse,  occupying  more  than  an  hour  in  the  de- 
livery." 

"The  venerable  Dr.  Poor,  father  of  the  pastor-elect 
and  for  many  years  a  faithful  missionary  at  Ceylon, 
delivered  an  impressive  charge  to  his  son,  and  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Brinsmade  of  the  Third  Church,  the  charge  to  the 
people;  when  the  exercises  were  concluded  by  a  prayer 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  of  Fair  Haven,  and  the  benedic- 
tion by  the  younger  Mr.  Poor." 

This  closes  the  preliminary  history.  I  hope  you 
have  not  grown  weary  with  the  citation  of  familiar 
facts.  They  seemed  to  be  necessary  to  complete  the 
story. 

From  now  on  we  shall  deal  with  an  organized  church, 
whose  history  naturally  divides  itself  into  three  parts, 
the  pastorate  of  Dr.  Poor,  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  Mc- 
Ilvaine,  and  the  present  pastorate. 

I. 
The  Pastorate  of  Rkv.   D.   W.   Poor,   D.    D. 

Dr.  Poor  began  his  labors  in  an  outlying  and  desti- 
tute part  of  the  city.  Elder  Rankin  recalls  this  remark 
of  the  father  of  Dr.  Poor  at  the  installation  service: 
"I  have  prayed,  my  dear  son,"  he  said,  "that  you 
might  become  a  foreign  missionary  and  come  to  my 
help  in  work  among  the  heathen  But  now  in  my 
great  disappointment  1  am  comforted  in  the  fact  that 
you  are  here  to  labor  as  a  home  missionar}'  in  that  des- 
titute part  of  the  city."  "Such  at  the  time  were 
regarded  the  moral  and  religious  wants  of  High  street 

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and  all  the  reg-ion  west  of  it.  The  streets  were  un- 
graded and  unli^hted,  the  sidewalks  impaved,  and 
many  of  the  school  children  unable  to  speak  the 
Eng-lish  tongue  or  understand  what  their  teachers  said 
to  them. " 

This  condition  needs  to  be  realized  in  order  to  a 
fair  estimate  of  the  work  of  Dr.  Poor. 

But  in  spite  of  the  sparsely  settled  district  and  a 
limited  constituency,  the  church  grew  and  grew  rapidly 
from  the  first.     The  chapel  on  Mercer  street^ — still  there 


D.   W.   POOR,   D.    D. 


and  now/the  German  Baptist  Church — soon  was  inade- 
quate to  the  demands  of  the  congregation. 

Dr.  Poor  modestly  says:  "The  fruits  of  past  labors^ 
and  prayers  soon  began  to  show  themselves.  At  the 
first  communion  season  seven  persons  joined  the 
church  by  profession.  Important  families  also  added 
their  strength  to  the  congregation.  At  Sabbath  wor- 
ship the  chapel  was  steadily  filled,  and  such  were  the 
prospects  of  success  that  in  the  following  spring  a  lot 


was  purchased  on  the  corner  of  Court  and  High  streets 
and  ground  broken  for  the  foundation  of  a  new 
church." 

Something  of  the  spirit  of  that  early  company  can  be 
gathered  from  the  statistics  as  to  the  membership  of 
the  church  when  it  faced  the  problem  of  a  new  church 
building. 

In  1850,  May  1st,  the  lot  was  purchased  at  the  corner 
of  High  and  Court  streets  at  a  cost  of  $3,993.80,  and  on 
September  3  of  the  same  year  the  plans  of  this  present 
church  had  been  adopted  and  the  corner  stone  was  laid. 

The  congregation  that  was  facing  an  expenditure  of 
nearly  $4:5,000  was  represented  at  this  time  by  a  mem- 
bership of  but  63  persons.  The  figures  speak  volumes 
for  their  consecration  and  courage. 

On  December  14,  1850,  the  lecture  room  was  finished 
and  occupied,  and  on  May  18,  1852,  the  church  in 
which  we  worship  to-day  was  finished  and  dedicated 
The  original  cost  of  the  land,  building  and  furnishing 
was  $-43,252.01.  The  membership  at  the  time  of  the 
dedication  of  the  church  was  between  85  and  90.  The 
officers  of  the  church  at  this  date  were:  D.  W.  Poor, 
pastor;  elders,  James  B.  Pinneo,  Jno.  R.  Davison, 
Samuel  Baldwin  and  Geo.  B.  Sears.  There  were  no 
deacons,  the  first  election  for  deacons  taking  place  in 
1854  and  their  installation  in  1855. 

The  clerk  of  the  session  was  Mr.  Geo.  B.  Sears,  and 
the  sessional  records  are  written  in  his  bold,  firm  hand 
for  twenty-five  years  The  Board  of  Trustees  was 
composed  of  Wm.  Pennington,  president;  Aaron  Coe, 
R.  McKenzie,  Chas.  Taylor,  C.  T.  Pierson,  Wm.  S. 
Ketcham,  Jno.  R.  Weeks. 

I  have  taken  pains  to  give  the  names  of  the  men 
who  were  brave  enough  to  face  the  responsibilities  of 
fifty  years  ago.  When  I  look  at  the  limited  member- 
ship and  foot  up  the  cost  I  am  amazed  at  their  courage, 
and  when  I  see  their  courage  justified  I  am  amazed  at 
their  consecration. 

There  was  one  man  who  furnished  his  full  share  of 
both  money  and  inspiration.  This  church  never  can 
forget  him,  both  on  account  of  his  gifts  and  his  graces. 
No  tablet  was  needed  to  keep  his  memory  green.  The 
church  is  his  memorial.  To-day  men  speak  with  ten- 
derness and  affection  of  that  beloved  elder  whose  voice 
Avas  music,  and  whose  life  was  the  Gospel  of  Jesus. 
Like  his  pastor,  James  B.  Pinneo,  the  elder,  has  also 
left  his  im])ress  on  this  people. 


I  only  wish  I  could  give  you  the  names  of  the  elect 
women  who  in  that  time  of  effort  aud  self-denial  more 
than  bore  their  part  But  it  is  the  rule  of  our  order  to 
let  them  do  the  work  while  we  absorb  the  honor. 
They  tread  the  grapes  and  we  drink  the  wine. 

At  the  dedicatory  services  of  the  church  "  the  Rev. 
G.  L.  Prentiss  preached  the  sermon  and  the  Rev.  Dr. 
J.  F.  Stearns  offered  the  consecrating  prayer." 

For  the  next  five  years  there  was  little  to  mark  this 
pastorate  save  that  for  the  two  years  following  the 
completion  of  the  church  there  was  a  marked  increase 
in  the  number  added  to  the  church,  and  that  on 
November  17,  1854,  two  deacons,  Myron  S.  Goodman 
and  Elfameo  M.  Noyes  were  elected.  They  were 
installed  January  3,  1855,  thus  for  the  first  time  com- 
pleting the  official  organization  of  the  church. 

In  1857  the  church,  absorbed  in  its  pastor,  de- 
lightedly following  his  leadership,  was  suddenly  con- 
fronted with  a  peril  on  which  they  had  not  counted. 

In  August  of  that  year,  Dr    Poor  was  offered  a  pro 
fessorship  in  Latin  in  Amherst  College.     A  meeting  of 
the  Session  and  Trustees  was  at  once   called,    and   the 
following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimously 
adopted: 

Whereas,  We  have  heard  with  deep  regret  from  our  pastor, 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Poor,  that  he  has  recently  been  tendered  by  the 
Trustees  of  Amherst  College  a  professorship  in  Latin ;  and 
whereas,  in  our  opinion  that  post  might  be  efficiently  filled  by  a 
classical  teacher,  without  calling  a  highly  useful  minister  of  the 
gospel  from  the  head  of  a  church;  and  moreover  as  his  people  are 
united  in  him: 

Resolved,  that  in  our  opinion  there  is  no  sufficient  reason 
why  our  pastor  should  leave  his  present  position ;  and  that  we 
believe  a  separation  at  this  time  would  materially  affect  the 
prospects  of  our  infant  church. 

That  shock  to  the  congregation  seems  to  have  pro- 
duced a  wonderful  effect.  For  two  years  preceding- 
there  had  been  a  comparatively  slow  development  in 
the  life  of  the  church.  At  least  the  number  of  addi- 
tions to  the  membership  for  1855-G-7  were  way  below 
the  normal. 

But  the  next  year  was  the  memorable  year  in  the 
pastorate  of  Dr.  Poor.  It  is  impossible  to  go  over  the 
record  of  additions  for  1858  without  a  wave  of  emotion. 
Name  after  name  appears  that  has  mixed  with  the  later 
history  of  this  church  and  made  its  honor  and  strength. 

Gov.  Pennington  in  the  maturity  of  his  strength  and 
at  the  flood  tide  of  his  civic  honors  was  swept  by  this 


irresistible  movement  into  the  church;  and  witli  him 
93  others.  Such  names  as  Rockwood,  Ricord,  Meeker, 
Pierson,  Coe,  Northrup,  Fields,  Sears,  Sullivan,  Tinker, 
Weeks,  Mills  and  vSimonton  occur  again  and  again  in 
the  later  history  of  this  church,  and  always  in  connec- 
tion with  some  act  of  loyalty  and  devotion  to  the 
Kingdom  of  God. 

The  year  1858  was  the  Pentecostal  year  of  Dr.  Poor's 
pastorate.  Eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-four  and  1864 
were  memorable  years,  but  1858  w'as  the  year  of  grace. 

In  the  midst  of  that  great  revival,  in  order  to  meet 
the  new  demands  upon  the  church,  two  new  elders, 
Charles  B.  Northrup  and  William  Pennington  were 
elected,  and  three  new  deacons,  James  J.  Dickerson, 
John  B.  Pudney  and  Dennis  vSullivan.  The  election 
took  place  July  ;],  and  they  were  publicly  installed  July 
15,  1858. 

The  year  1862  is  marked  in  the  record  in  two  very 
different  ways.  First,  it  is  distinguished  as  the  low 
water  year  in  the  number  of  additions  to  the  church, 
only  four  having  joined  during  the  year  by  letter  and 
three  on  confession  of  their  faith.  But,  second,  the 
year  is  memorable  through  the  induction  of  men  into 
office  who  have  shaped  if  they  have  not  made  this 
church's  later  history.  And  most  of  them  remain, 
thank  God,  to  lead  and  inspire  this  church  of  Christ, 
that  not  only  wholly  trusts  them  but  loves  them.  On 
October  2,  1862,  James  J.  Dickerson,  Samuel  A.  Far- 
rand  and  Charles  G.  Rockwood  were  elected  elders 
and  John  R.  Weeks  and  John  L  Meeker  were  elected 
deacons. 

From  that  time  on  to  1860  nothing  memorable  trans- 
pired, save  in  ISO-i  there  was  another  outpouring  of 
the  Spirit,  and  a  goodly  number  of  additions  on  con- 
fession of  faith  and  a  further  addition  of  two  deacons 
to  the  official  board,  John  W.  Taylor  and  Henry  F. 
Osborne;  and  that  in  1868  this  church  started  in  the 
wilderness  as  a  missionary  station,  found  itself  strong 
enough  to  give  $000  to  the  Roseville  Presbyterian 
Church  toward  the  erection  of  their  church  building. 

We  have  reached  the  end.  The  pastoral  relation  has 
lasted  for  twenty  years,  but  the  time  of  separation  has 
come. 

A  call  has  come  from  way  across  the  continent  to 
Dr.  Poor.  The  church  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  needs  him — 
imperatively  demands  that  he  come  and  make  known, 
by  word   and  life,    the  grace  of   Christ       On  July   12, 

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18(j0,  a  meeting  of  the  congregation  was  called,  and  on 
August  4  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  August 
8,  1869,  Dr.  Poor  performed  his  last  official  act  as  pas- 
tor of  the  High  Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  celebra- 
ting the  Lord's  Supper. 


Among  the  other  things  of  record  with  reference  to 
this  closing  of  the  first  pastorate,  two  resolutions  are 
noticeable : 

Resolved,  That  we  are  on  this  day  as  united  and  happy  under 
his  ministry  as  at  any  time  in  the  past,  and  that  we  feel  a  deep 
sense  of  bereavement  at  the  prospect  of  separation. 

Resolved,  That  so  far  as  this  congregation  is  concerned,  we 
know  of  no  reason  why  he  should  leave;  and  we  are  convinced 
that  the  city  of  Newark  will  also  suffer  severe  loss;  that  men  of 
like  enterprise  and  public  spirit  are  very  rare  and  are  very  much 
needed  in  the  difficult  and  responsible  work  now  pressing  upon 
the  churches  of  our  denomination  in  this  city. 

And  this  was  after  a  pastorate  of  twenty  years. 

In  making  an  analysis  of  this  pastorate,  the  first 
thing  that  strtick  me  was  its  spiritual  character.  The 
meetings  of  the  session  were  very  largely  prayer  meet- 
ings, and  over  the  whole  twenty  years  there  is  a  spirit- 
ual atmosphere.  There  is  no  great  revival  in  the  pas- 
torate, but  every  year  there  is  a  steady  increase  in  the 
communion;  and  in  1858  there  was  a  prolonged  Pente- 
costal day,  in  which  sixty-one  persons  openly  confessed 
for  the  first  time  their  faith  in  Jesus. 

The  next  thing  that  impresses  me  is  the  family  inter- 
est and  affection  of  this  chureh.  I  have  been  told  by 
one  who  was  very  near  to  him  that  Governor  William 
Pennington  came  to  the  Tuesday  evening  prayer  meet- 
ing on  the  eve  of  his  departure  for  Washington,  where 
he  was  to  play  a  great  part  in  one  of  the  most  event- 
ful dramas  of  American  history.  When  the  meeting 
opened,  there  seemed  to  be  but  one  thought  in  the 
minds  and  hearts  of  those  assembled  there,  and  prayer 
after  prayer  was  offered  that  this  brother  might  be 
guided  and  sustained  in  his  most  trying  duties.  Gov- 
ernor Pennington  was  greatly  affected  by  it  all,  and 
said  afterward  that  he  had  a  feeling  that  he  was  going 
surrounded  and  protected  by  the  prayers  of  this  church 
of  God. 

And  when  he  died,  and  when  others  died  who  had 
been  closely  identified  with  the  life  of  the  church,  the 
record  tells  a  story  not  of  a  formal  separation  between 
the  living  and  the  dead,  but  of  pain  and   tears,  as  of  a 

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household  bereft.  They  were  never  forgotten.  Love 
ruled  the  life,  and  Dr.  Poor  was  largely  the  inspiration 
of  it  all.  William  Rankin  said  the  word  that  describes 
him,  and  that  ought  to  be  engraved  on  his  memorial, 
viz:  "  He  was  the  best  loved  man  in  Newark;"  and  it 
can  be  safely  added,  "And  he  deserved  it  all;"  for  it 
was  his  affection  for  all  that  begat  this  universal 
affection  for  him. 

This  is  the  summary  of  his  pastorate: 

Gross  additions  of  Dr.  Poor's  pastorate  of  over  twenty 

years,  1S49  to  1SG9 '.  489 

Received  by  letter 251 

Received  on  confession 2'SS 

Average  annual  accession 24^^ 

Actual  membership  at  the  close  of  liis  pastorate 2S() 

The  amount   of  money  invested  in  the   church   plant 

raised  in  his  pastorate , $43,444  71 

II. 
The  Pastorate  of  Dr.   J.    H.    McIlvaine. 

From  August  8,  1869,  to  February  14,  1870,  the 
church  was  without  a  pastor.  On  the  14th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary the  name  of  J.  H.  McIlvaine  was  presented  at  a 
congregational  meeting.  He  came  with  a  splendid 
reputation,  both  for  learning  and  piety.  He  had  been 
an  eminently  sticcessful  pastor  in  a  large  city,  and  was 
at  the  date  of  the  meeting  a  professor  in  Princeton 
University.  He  was  unanimously  elected  pastor  of 
the  High  street  church;  but  while  Dr.  McIlvaine  was 
elected  pastor  in  February,  he  did  not  really  begin  his 
work  until  July  of  that  same  year.  He  was  installed 
July  7,  1870.  At  that  service  Dr.  Craven  presided  and 
preached  the  sermon,  Dr.  Fewsmith  offered  prayer. 
Dr.  J.  F.  Stearns  delivered  the  charge  to  the  pastor, 
and  Dr.  Findlay  gave  the  charge  to  the  people. 

In  looking  over  the  records  of  the  pastorate  of  Dr. 
Poor,  I  was  impressed  by  the  absence  of  machinery. 
There  were  efficient  workers,  ready  and  willing  to 
respond  to  the  call  of  duty,  but  there  was  little  or  no 
organization.  The  pastor  was  the  head,  and  the  people 
responded  to  his  call,  or  caught  his  spirit  and  imitated 
his  labors.  But  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  McIlvaine  is  dis- 
tinguished by  the  most  elaborate  organization.  The 
work  was  not  onlv  fully  done,  but  it  was  wisely  done. 
It  was  effective  during  his  long  pastorate,  and  it  sur- 
vives to-day.  We  are  working  practically  unchanged 
the  scheme  that  was  elaborated  by  Dr.  McIlvaine. 

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On  June  14,  before  he  was  installed,  Dr.  Mcllvaine 
presented  to  the  session  the  following  recommenda- 
tions, which  were  adopted,  viz.  :  That  standing  com- 
mittees be  elected  annually  to  work  in  connection  with 
the  boards  of  the  church.  1.  A  Committee  on  Church 
and  Mission  wSunday. schools.  2.  A  Committee  on  Mis- 
sionary Operations  in  the  Church  District.  3.  A  Com- 
mittee on  Missionary  Intelligence.  4.  A  Committee 
on  Benevolent  Contributions.  5.  A  Committee  on 
Music.  6.  A  Committee  on  Attention  to  Strangers. 
7.  A  Committee  on  Social  relations. 


J.    H.    MclLVAINE,   D.    D. 

It  was  also  resolved  that  the  congregation  should 
hold  quarterly  meetings  on  the  evenings  of  the  first 
Sundays  in  October,  January,  April  and  July  to  hear 
reports  from  these  committees,  in  which  shall  be  ren- 
dered an  account  of  all  moneys  expended  by  them. 

The  church,  fully  equipped  and  completely  organized, 
began  most  auspiciously  its  new  career.  It  reached  its 
highest  point  under  Dr.  Mcllvaine  in  1876.  In  that  year 
thirty-six  were  added  to  the  church,  the  largest  num- 


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ber  in  any  single  year  of  his  pastorate.  And  yet,  at 
one  or  two  points  even  in  this  period,  there  were  evi- 
dences of  a  coming  struggle,  in  which  pastor  and  peo- 
ple would  need  all  their  wisdom  and  courage. 

The  first  memorable  thing  in  the  pastorate  after  the 
thorough  organization  of  the  work  of  the  church,  was 
the  increase  of  the  official  boards;  indeed,  that  increase 
was  in  accordance  with  Dr.  Mcllvaine's  plan,  viz.,  to 
find  a  place  and  work  for  every  available  member  of 
the  church. 

On  October  lU,  1871,  after  a  day  of  fasting  and 
prayer,  Dr.  Laban  Dennis  and  Mr.  John  L.  Meeker 
were  chosen  elders,  and  James  Yereance,  John  F. 
Huntsman,  Adelbert  B.  Twichell  were  chosen  deacons 

In  1872  the  church  undertook  the  building  of  a  par- 
sonage; at  least,  the  ladies  of  the  church  undertook  it, 
and  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  this  young  church  had  built 
a  most  costly  house  of  w^orship  and  paid  for  it,  and  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  the  dreadful  panic  of  1873  was 
paralyzing  business  and  sweeping  away  fortunes  before 
they  had  completed  the  construction  of  the  house,  they 
finished  it  and  presented  it  to  the  church.  The  lot  cost 
them  $6,250  17,  and  the  building  on  it  $14,414.54.  The 
total  cost  was  $20,904  71,  and  before  the  end  of  Dr. 
Mcllvaine's  pastorate  it  was  all  paid  for,  save  an  in- 
debtedness of  $3,550. 

I  said  that  the  successful  period  of  this  pastorate  was 
from  the  beginning  to  the  year  187<J.  But  I  added  that 
here  and  there,  even  in  this  period,  were  signs  of  a 
coming  struggle.  Here  is  one  of  those  signs  to  which 
I  referred.  On  November  30,  1874,  at  a  meeting  of 
the  session,  it  was  resolved  to  call  at  an  early  date  a 
meeting  of  the  session,  deacons  and  trustees  of  the 
church  and  congregation  to  confer  with  regard  to  ' '  the 
expediency  of  dispensing  with  the  Sunday  evening 
preaching  service  and  concentrating  our  efforts  upon 
the  Sabbath-school  in  the  afternoon  and  on  the  young 
people's  prayer  meeting  in  the  evening." 

That  question  of  the  Sunday  evening  service  grew 
in  emphasis  as  time  went  on.  It  evidently  made  sore 
the  hearts  of  both  pastor  and  people. 

Again,  on  December  29,  1874,  there  was  a  further 
addition  to  the  official  equipment  of  the  church.  On 
that  date  William  Rankin,  John  W.  Taylor  and  Samuel 
L.  Pinneo  were  elected  elders,  and  James  A.  Coe,  Wil- 
liam N.  Barringer,  Eli  Dennis,  William  H.  Winans 
and  Thomas  J.  Stead  were  elected  deacons;  and  these 

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elders  and  deacons  were  publicly  ordained  and  installed 
January  17,  1875. 

On  October  13,  1875,  the  church  took  the  step  of 
officially  withdrawing  from  the  Baldwin  vStreet  School. 
The  session  recognizes  the  importance  of  that  work, 
but  it  is  at  the  worst  stage  of  the  panic,  and  the  church 
is  unable  to  meet  the  necessary  expenses  of  this  out- 
lying work;  and  there  is  another  reason.  The  feel- 
ing is  evidently  growing  in  the  minds  of  the  session 
that  it  will  be  necessary  to  concentrate  all  energies 
and  resources  to  carry  on  successfully  the  work  of 
the  church.  At  least,  the  following  year  witnessed 
renewed  activity  in  the  church,  and  a  splendid  result — 
twenty  one  made  confession  of  their  faith  in  Christ  for 
the  first  time  and  fifteen  united  with  the  church  by  letter. 

From  this  time  on  there  is  a  marked  change  in  the 
records.  It  is  evident  that  the  old  buoyant  and  hope- 
ful life  is  under  a  cloud.  The  men  are  as  brave  as 
ever;  they  face  every  condition  and  are  ready  to  work 
and  fight,  if  need  be,  to  win  their  battles;  but  there  is 
a  clear  recognition  that  there  is  a  struggle  awaiting 
both  pastor  and  people,  in  which  they  will  need  all  of 
their  resources.  Age  and  sickness  and  death  are  im- 
pairing the  strong  staff,  and  the  people  are  troubled  by 
the  silence  of  voices  that  had  for  years  been  to  them 
what  the  bugle  call  is  to  a  soldier. 

On  November  17,  1877,  the  church  met  wath  an  irre- 
parable loss  in  the  death  of  George  B.  Sears.  For 
twenty-five  years  he  had  been  an  elder,  and  during  all 
that  time  he  had  been  clerk  of  the  session.  From 
August,  1852,  to  June  3,  1877,  all  of  the  sessional  rec- 
ords are  in  his  strong,  bold  hand. 

What  his  brethren  in  the  session  thought  of  this  emi- 
nently wise  and  good  man,  can  be  partly  gathered  by 
this  minute  offered  by  Elder  Rankin  and  spread,  by 
vote  of  the  session,  on  its  records: 

For  as  much  as  it  has  pleased  God  to  remove  by  death  our 
beloved  brother,  George  B.  vSears,  who,  for  twenty-five  years,  was 
a  member  of  this  session,  and  during  the  whole  period  its  faithful 
clerk,  as  our  minutes  affectingly  testify,  we.  his  surviving  breth- 
ren of  the  session,  hereby  place  on  record  our  sense  of  the  great 
loss  the  church  has  sustained  and  our  sorrow  in  this  bereavement, 
while  bowing  to  the  divine  will,  and  our  gratitude  for  the  length 
and  eminent  usefulness  of  his  service  in  the  eldership,  and  for  the 
faith  manifested  in  his  exemplary  life  and  peaceful  death. 

The  sorrow  of  the  people  who  knew  him  and  loved 
him  has  not  been  recorded;  it  has  lasted   through  the 

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years.  I  have  heard  his  name  spoken  often  since  I 
have  been  pastor  here,  and  always  with  reverence  and 
affection.  It  was  a  great  loss  to  Dr.  Mcllvaine  and  the 
church  when  he  died. 

The  ten  years  that  follow  are  uneventful  years;  they 
all  mark  the  continuance  of  a  struggle  with  a  gradual 
loss,  instead  of  a  gain.  I  am  as  confident,  as  though  I 
had  been  in  it,  that  they  were  weary  years — years  of 
heartache  to  the  pastor  and  to  the  people  who  loved 
the  church. 

The  year  1882  was  marked  by  two  interesting  epi- 
sodes; first.  Elder  William  Rankin,  on  October  10, 
was  made  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Music;  and, 
second,  on  November  14,  Mr.  A.  B  Twichell  was 
elected  elder.  He  was  publicly  ordained  and  installed 
November  26,   1882. 

On  January  30,  1883,  a  movement  was  made  to  merge 
the  young  people's  meeting  with  evening  church  ser- 
vice. It  is  the  same  old  problem  that  confronted  them 
way  back  in  '74. 

Again,  at  the  close  of  the  same  year,  December,  10, 
1883,  it  was  resolved  by  the  session  to  hold  a  meeting 
for  Bible  study  Sunday  evenings  at  half  past  seven,  to 
be  led  by  the  pastor. 

Again,  on  September  28,  1885,  Elders  Twichell,  Far- 
rand  and  Dickerson  were  appointed  a  Committee  on 
Sabbath  Evening  Service.  It  is  evident  that  the  Bible- 
study  did  not  mend  the  situation. 

On  January  11,  1887,  Elder  James  B.    Pinneo  died. 

On  the  sessional  records,  in  the  middle  of  the  page,, 
the  sole  writing  on  the  page,  is  this  record: 

Died,  Lord's  Day,  at  8  A.  M.,  January  9th,  1887. 

James  Beza  Pinnko, 

Born  April  14,  1806. 

Elder  in  High  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  Newark,  from  its 

organization. 

At  the  morning  service  on  the  day  he  died  this  reso- 
lution was  adopted  by  the  congregation: 

The  congregation  of  the  High  Street  Presbyterian  Church, 
assembled  for  worship  on  this  Lord's  day  morning,  having  just 
learned,  with  profound  sorrow,  of  the  death  at  8  o'ckx^k  this 
morning,  of  James  B.  Pinneo,  senior  elder  of  this  church,  of 
which,  more  than  any  other  man,  he  was  the  founder  and  builder, 
hereby  expre.'-s  our  common  sympathy  with  the  bereaved  family 
in  their  and  our  affliction,  and  our  rejoicing,  together  with  them, 
that  he  who  has  just  passed  away  from  us  has  found  an  abundant 
entrance  into  the  joy  <>f  the  Lord. 

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It  is  not  my  province  to  enter  into  any  details  of  the 
life  or  character  of  Mr.  Pinneo.  I  am  simply  and 
briefly  giving-  the  history  of  the  church.  What  the 
church  thought  of  him,  and  what  the  church  suffered 
in  his  death,  may  be  bast  expressed  in  this  record,  which 
I  find  in  the  minutes  of  the  session : 

"  We,  the  members  of  this  session,  desire  to  put  on  record  our 
feeling  of  the  greatest  sorrow  and  loss  that  has  befallen  us  as  the 
session  and  as  members  of  the  High  Street  Presbyterian  Church. 

"  Mr.  Pinneo  was  the  first,  and  for  a  time  the  only  elder  of  the 
church,  which  was  organized  mainly  through  his  influence.  He 
contributed  more  than  any  one  else  to  the  cost  of  the  building, 
and  for  many  years  he  was  its  principal  support.  In  all  our  asso- 
ciation we  have  been  accustomed  to  look  up  to  him  as  our  head, 
and  it  is  impossible  to  express  the  reverence  with  which  we  have 
always  regarded  him.  In  his  fidelity  in  all  his  church  duties,  in 
the  public  assembly,  the  prayer  meeting  and  in  visiting  the  mem- 
bers of  the  church,  he  has  been  our  model  and  exemplar.  His 
addresses,  public  prayers,  character  and  life  have  ever  been  a 
moulding  influence  upon  the  spirituality  of  the  church,  which  we 
hope  and  believe  will  never  pass  away.  We  regard  our  loss  as 
simply  immeasurable." 

A  volume  would  not  add  anything  to  this  tribute.  It 
■could  simply  enlarge  it.  It  is  wonderful  how  both  his 
spirit  and  life  had  power  to  pervade  this  church.  Two 
men  that  have  been  in  it — three  men — Dr.  Poor,  James 
Beza  Pinneo  and  George  B.  Sears — were  enough  to 
endow  it  with  a  spiritual  inheritance  and  make  it  rich. 
And  thank  God  the  spiritual  succession  in  the  elder- 
ship remains  unbroken  to-day. 

I  do  not  know  what  the  direct  effect  of  the  death  of 
Mr.  Pinneo  had  upon  Dr.  Mcllvaine,  but  I  have  the 
impression  that  he  regarded  his  loss  as  irreparable, 
and  the  burden  without  this  wise  counselor  and  friend 
as  too  heavy  to  be  borne. 

At  any  rate,  soon  after  March  28,  1887,  he  asked  the 
session  to  unite  with  him  in  a  request  to  dissolve  the 
pastoral  relation.  On  iVpril  5  the  request  of  the  pastor 
was  presented  to  the  congregational  meeting,  and  that 
meeting,  after  passing  resolutions  of  respect  and  affec- 
tion, gVanted  the  petition.  On  April  6,  1887,  the 
pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  by  Presbytery,  the  dis- 
solution to  take  place  June  30th.  On  June  26th  the 
pastor  preached  his  farewell  sermon. 

In  estimating  this  pastorate  there  are  some  things  to 
be  taken  into  consideration. 

First — There  had  been  almost  from  the  start  in  the 
preceding  pastorate  a  tremendous  pressure  put  upon 
the  courage  and  resources  of  the  people.     The  early 

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life  was  a  life  of  youth  and  fervor,  and  it  was  inevitable 
that  there  should  come  a  reaction. 

Dr.  Mcllvaine  began  his  work  when  this  feeling-  of 
lassitude  or  weariness,  due  to  over-exertion,  was  begin- 
ning to  pervade  the  church.  The  old  quick  response 
that  had  characterized  the  earlier  years  was  wanting, 
and  extra  power  was  required  to  move  the  church  at 
its  accustomed  pace. 

(2)  A  second  matter  of  importance  is  that  the 
panic  of  1873  came  in,  deranging  business  and  sweep- 
ing away  fortunes  and  curtailing  the  resources  of 
churches  as  well  as  of  individuals  just  after  he  began  his 
work.  That  panic  lasted  for  five  years  before  there 
was  any  recovery,  and  the  ettects  of  it  undoubtedly 
made  Dr.  Mcllvame's  work  more  difficult  all  through 
his  pastorate. 

(3.)  And,  third,  the  increasing  age  and  feebleness 
and  at  last  death  of  some  of  the  strongest  men  in  the 
church. 

But  in  spite  of  all  the  difficulties  he  has  left  his  mark 
upon  this  people  and  splendid  spiritual  and  material 
legacies.  It  was  an  education  to  listen  to  this  profound 
scholar  and  a  delight  to  note  the  graces  of  his  litera- 
ture. And  the  people  are  never  weary  of  speaking  of 
his  prayers  in  public  service  and  his  addresses  at  the 
Tuesday  evening  meetings. 

And  his  splendid  organizing  power  is  shown  in  that 
we  to-day  are  working  with  little  or  no  change  the 
scheme  which  he  drew  up  and  perfected. 

Here  is  a  brief  summary  of  his  pastorate: 

FROM    JULY,     1870,     to    JULY,     1887,     SEVENTEEN    YEARS. 

(1)  Gross  additions  17  years' pastorate          .         .         -  341 

(2)  Received  by  letter 124 

(3)  Received  on  confession           -----  217 

(4)  Average  yearly  accessions        .          .          -         -  20  1-17 

(5)  Actual  membership  at  the  close  of  his  pastorate   -  ~25 

(6)  Actual  addition  to  the  permanent  plant  about  -  $17,444  71 


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LEWIS   LAMPMAN     D.    D. 


III. 

The  Present  Pastorate. 

After  an  interregnum  lasting  from  July  1,  1887,  -to 
November  18,  1888,  sixteen  months,  the  third  and 
present  pastor  of  this  church  began  his  ministry. 
That  interregnum  was  made  memorable  by  the  help- 
fulness and  unvarying  kindness  of  Dr.  Edward  Rankin 
and  by  the  loss  of  another  of  that  singularly  gifted 
and  spiritually  minded  session  that  gathered  about 
Dr.  Poor.  This  loss  was  in  the  removal  September  2(j, 
1887,   of   Elder   Dickerson   to   Roseville.     He   too  had 


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been  an  elder  in  this  church  for  twenty-five  years, 
and  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Georg-e  B.  Sears  had  been  made 
clerk  of  the  session.  His  going  was  a  double  mis- 
fortune, and  his  brethren  have  both  expressed  their 
affection  for  him  and  their  regret  at  his  loss  in  their 
records. 

On  October  9,  1888,  the  committee  appointed  to 
nominate  a  pastor  recommended  the  Rev.  Lewis 
Lampman,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Jamaica,  L.  I.  On  their  recommendation  he  was 
unanimously  elected.  November  18  he  preached  in 
the  church  for  the  first  time,  and  on  November  22  he 
was  installed.  Rev.  F.  C.  Ottman,  Moderator  of 
Presbytry,  presided:  Rev.  Edward  Rankin,  D.  D., 
read  the  Scriptures;  Rev.  W.  F.  Junkin,  D.  D., 
of  Montclair,  preached  the  sermon;  Rev.  D.  R. 
Fraser,  D.  D.,  delivered  the  charge  to  the  pastor,  and 
Rev.  D.  W.  Poor,  D.  D.,  to  the  people;  Rev.  James 
T.  Dennis,  D.  D.,  offered  the  installation  prayer. 

On  August  13,  1889,  a  letter  was  received  from 
Mrs.  Phebe  A.  Goble  offering  to  give  $10,000  towards 
the  erection  of  a  new  Sunday-school  building.  To  the 
sum  of  $10,000  she  afterwards  added  $1,500,  making  in 
all  a  gift  of  $11,500.  Her  request  that  the  church 
cooperate  with  her  and  raise  the  additional  sum 
needed  was  at  once  complied  with.  Plans  were 
adopted,  estimates  made,  and  in  a  few  days  $15,000 
were  subscribed,  with  the  promise  of  more,  and  the 
work  was  begun  October  20,  1890.  Wm.  Rankin,  after 
a  most  eloquent  address,  laid  the  corner  stone,  and  on 
September  28,  1891,  the  building  was  completed  and 
dedicated. 

The  building  and  furnishing  cost  $36,973.8:3.  Mrs. 
Goble  must  be  ranked  with  Mr.  Pinneo  in  benefactions 
to  this  church.  The  year  1893  must  be  classed  also 
among  our  very  happy  years.  First,  in  the  announce- 
ment by  Mrs.  Crowell,  treasurer  of  the  Par.sonage  Asso- 
ciation, that  the  debt  was  paid  and  the  house  was  free; 
and,  second,  in  a  splendid  accession  of  godly  men  and 
women  from  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church. 

On  February  13,  1891,  a  meeting  was  called  to  fill 
up  the  Session,  now  greatly  depleted  by  death  and 
remov^als.  At  that  date  James  A.  Coe,  William  B.  Dod, 
Charles  Holzhauer  and  H.  F.  Osborne  were  elected 
elders,  and  John  R.  Weeks,  Charles  D.  Williams 
and  Charles  H.  Wharton  were  elected  deacons,  and 
on  March  18  they  were  ordained  and  installed. 

2.) 


When  one  of  the  members  of  this  church  and  my 
loyal  friend,  Mr.  George  B.  Jenkinson,  some  years  ago 
was  on  the  steamer  about  to  start  across  the  sea  in 
search  of  new  strength,  he  called  me  aside  and  gave 
me  the  promise  of  a  thousand  dollars  toward  a  new 
organ,  proffering  the  money  when  needed.  We  did 
not  think  it  prudent  then,  so  soon  after  building  the 
Sunday-  school  building,  to  try  and  raise  the  sum  needed. 
And  before  we  were  ready  the  one  who  had  made  the 
offer,  almost  without  warning,  when  those  who  loved 
him  needed  him  greatly,  started  on  a  journey  beyond 
the   "bourne  of  lime." 

But  the  son,  whom  he  loved  and  trusted,  has  ful- 
filled both  the  letter  and  spirit  of  the  bequest,  and  the 
people  have  done  the  rest,  and  a  new  and  beautiful 
organ  has  been  put  in  the  place  of  the  old. 

Two  other  items  and  I  will  close  this  record.  In 
1897  both  of  the  former  pastors  of  this  church  heard 
the  call  of  the  Pilot  and  crossed  the  bar.  Dr.  Mcll- 
vaine  died  at  Princeton  January  30,  1807,  and  on  Octo- 
ber 11  of  the  same  year  Dr.  Poor  died  at  his  daughter's 
house  in  this  city.  The  funeral  service  was  held  m 
^he  church  he  built  and  in  the  presence  of  the  people 
he  always  dearly  loved. 

I  do  not  propose  to  review  this  pastorate.  It  has 
not  yet  closed,  and  if  it  had  I  would  not  be  the 
proper  person  to  make  the  review.  It  is  enough  to 
say  to-day  that  thus  far  we  have  lived  together  in  har- 
mony and  m  affection.  We  have  had  our  joys  when 
our  harvests  were  large,  and  when,  as  in  the  case  of 
our  Sunday-school,  we  laid  the  top  stone  with  rejoicmg. 

And  we  have  had  our  sorrows.  I  can  see  faces  of 
men  and  women  to-day,  old  and  young,  through  tears, 
faces  that  always  smiled  at  me  as  they  gave  me  greet- 
ing, faces  that  I  learned  to  love  and  can  never  forget. 
Among  the  first  to  hear  the  call  was  Mrs.  Goble, 
loyal  and  loving  to  the  last,  and  among  the  last  was  a 
Pinneo,  bearing  the  same  name  as  the  much  loved 
elder  of  years  ago,  and  marked  with  kindred  qualities 
of  soul.  To  recall  the  names  of  those  who  are  gone 
is  to  recall  the  sadness  of  farewell. 

But  while  I  have  no  right  to  speak  of  my  ministry 
to-day  I  have  the  right  to  speak  of  yours,  and  I  know 
to-day'of  my  own  knowledge  why  Dr.  Poor  so  dearly 
loved  you  all.  And  whatever  other  days  may  bring,  the 
_past  is  secure.      For  eleven  years  I  have  lived  among 

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my  friends,  and  life  has  been   made  easier  and  sweeter 
by  your  unswerving  loyalty  and  love. 

The  summary  of  the  present  pastorate  is  as  follows: 

L.  L.  FROM  NOV.  18,  1888,  TO  NOV.  12,  1899, 
11  YEARS. 

(1)  Gross  additions  to  membership  11  years'  pastorate     -     436 

(2)  Received  by  letter 217 

(3)  Received  on  confession -         219 

(4)  Averag;e  yearly  accessions     -         -       -         -  -         .       39-63 

(5)  Actual  membership  on  the  basis  of  the  estimates  of  Drs. 
Poor  and  Mcllvaine        -         -        .  ...         459 

Permanent  net  additions  to  the  church  plant  during  this  pas- 
torate       - -         -  -     $39,273.83 

My  brothers,  this  closes  in  the  merest  outline  the 
history  of  fifty  years  for  this  church.  What  it  has 
wrought  in  transformed  lives,  in  developed  grace,  in 
hopes  kindled  and  in  joys  realized  no  one  but  the  dear 
God  knows.  Pray  that  its  next  fifty  years  may  be  as 
full  of  sweetness  and  grace  as  the  past,  and  work  for 
the  answer  to  your  prayers. 


INTERIOR   OF   CHURCH. 


fiDeetina  tov  IReminiscencee, 


/^N  Thursday  evening  a  meeting  zvas  held  for  reminiscences. 
^  Mr.  James  A.  Coe,  presided.  Addresses  were  delivered  by 
C.  G.  RocKWOOD,  J.  L.  Meekeu,  Wm.  Rankin,  Dr.  Lahan  Dennis, 
Henry  F.  Osborne,  Chas.  E.  Weeks  and  Senator  Ketcham. 


d.  0.  IRochwooD  Spohe  as  toUows: 

N  EXPLANATION  of  Dr.  Poor's  resignation  of  the 
pastorate  it  should  be  appreciated  that  he  never  would 
have  left  the  church  if  his  health  had  promised  con- 
tinued ability  to  do  the  work.  While  on  vacation 
.^^.=^=„  among  friends  in  Massachusetts  he  was  taken  dan- 
gerously sick  of  typhoid  fever.  His  sickness  was  long  and  his 
recovery  slow.  He  was  away  a  year,  and  on  his  return  he  was 
evidently  unable  to  resume  his  duties,  and  a  further  leave  of 
absence  of  six  months  was  given  him.  During  his  eighteen 
months  of  absence  from  duty  Dr.  James  S.  Dennis,  then  a  recent 
licentiate,  ministered  to  the  church  most  acceptably.  At  the  end 
of  the  year  and  a  half  Dr.  Poor  again  took  up  his  work,  but  his 
strength,  and  especially  bis  nervous  strength,  was  so  impaired 
as  to  cause  fear  that  he  would  break  down,  and  then  the  failure 
of  health  would  probably  be  permanent.  Just  then  the  call  from 
California  came  by  telegraph  and  required  a  reply  by  telegraph. 
It  was  urged  on  him  by  telegraph  from  his  friend  Dr.  Scudder, 
then  recently  settled  in  San  Francisco.  It  was  unexpected,  and, 
of  cour.se,  he  was  very  much  in  the  dark.  In  view  of  his  uncertain 
health  here  and  the  prospect  that  the  stimulating  climate  of  Cali- 
fornia would  tone  up  his  nervous  system,  he  consulted  with  the 
church  and  it  was  determined  that  he  should  accept.  The 
expectation  of  benefit  to  his  health  was  realized,  and  he  did  many 
years  of  good  work  afterwards. 

In  the  origin  of  the  church,  and  especially  in  the  building  of 
the  church,  Mr.  J.  B.  Pinneo  was  the  head  and  front  of  the  move- 
ment and  gave  his  personal  direction  and  oversight  to  the  work, 
and  in  doing  so  met  with  an  accident  which  laid  him  up,  with 
much  suffering,  for  a  long  while.  At  the  beginning  it  was  sup- 
posed that  our  field  was  clear,  but  immediately  the  South  Park 
Church  was  started  taking  from  us  much  of  the  territory  from 
which  High  street  had  hoped  to  draw  both  men  and  money.  Mr. 
Pinneo's  views  were  broad  and  liberal,  and  he  did  not  think  it 
wise  to  build  a  small  plain  building,  such  as  our  few^  members. 

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•could  pay  for,  but  thought  that  the  church  should  be  ample  in 
size  and  ornamental,  so  as  to  be  permanently  attractive  to  the 
more  wealthy  class  of  residents  around  us.  This  would  require 
large  gifts  from  himself.  He  saw  that  gifts  out  of  income  could 
not  accomplish  the  work,  but  sacrifice  of  capital  would  be 
required.  He  gave  more  than  half  the  cost  of  the  church.  When 
the  building  was  done  subscribers  took  pews  for  the  amount  of 
their  subscriptions.  Mr  Pinneotook  what  was  left  after  others  had 
selected,  and  so  owned  fully  half  of  the  pews  It  was  agreed  that 
in  letting  his  pews  he  should  not  be  compelled  to  adhere  to  the 
trustees'  schedule  of  pew  rents,  but  might  encourage  people  to  come 
in  who  could  not  pay  full  rents.  As  the  pe.vs  were  largely  unlet, 
■per.soas  who  ould  pay  little  might  still  be  seated  in  prominent 
pews  under  Mr.  Pinneo's  arrangement.  This  plan  was  followed, 
but  it  did  not  work  well,  making  dis'-atisfaction  in  the  minds  of 
those  who  found  themselves  paying  more  than  others  sitting  in  as 
good  pews.  Mr.  Pinneo  felt  anxious  for  the  future,  lest  after  his 
death  a  majority  of  the  pews  might  fall  into  unknown  hands  who 
might  work  against  the  interests  of  the  church.  He  therefore 
proposed  to  sell  the  pews  to  the  trustees  for  $5,000  (or  $(j,000),  to 
be  paid  in  a  mortgage;  the  pews  being  worth  four  or  five  times 
that  aniount,  and  that  arrangement  was  carried  out. 

The  struggle  to  support  the  church,  financially,  has  always 
been  a  hard  one.  Dr.  Mcllvaine  called  it  "heroic."  The  com- 
petition with  the  low  pew  rent-  of  the  "funded  churches" — the 
First  and  Third — was  veay  trying,  as  many  of  the  residents  on 
the  hill  belonged  to  those  churches,  where  they  got  church  privi- 
leges for  $12  or  $14  pew  rent,  without  any  extra  calls  for  subscrip- 
tions, as  against  from  $100  to  $200  and  continued  calls  in  our 
church. 

To  show  the  feeling  towards  new  church  enterprises,  I  was 
asked,  when  I  came  here,  why  I  made  such  a  mistake  as  to  go  to 
High  street,  with  the  remark,  "They  will  bleed  you  to  death." 
The  church  always  wound  up  the  year  with  a  deficit,  which  was 
usually  made  up  by  a  few  before  the  meeting  adjourned.  But 
there  came  a  time  when  deaths  and  removals  to)k  from  us  many 
of  our  most  liberal  and  able  men,  and  our  deficits  were  too  large 
to  make  up,  and  it  seemed  for  a  few  years  as  if  the  struggle  must 
be  given  up.  In  one  quite  memorable  meeting  one  member — Mr. 
John  R.  Weeks,  as  I  remember  it,  but  others  say  Mr.  George  B, 
Sears — said,  "  Who  is  there  here  who,  if  $5  from  him  would  save 
the  church,  would  not  give  it.  whatever  the  sacrifice?  We  can 
no  longer  depend  on  a  few  large  subscriptions.  The  littles  must 
sive  the  church,  or  it  must  go  under.  We  have  about  2!)0  mem- 
bers; $0  from  each  would  make  $1,000,  which  is  about  the  amount 
of  our  annual  deficit."  The  idea  awakened  and  interested  all. 
A  committee  was  at  once  appointed,  who  raised  a  subscription  of 
about  $1,200,  to  be  put  in  the  plate  weekly,  for  which  the  plate 
was  passed  a  second  time,  when  we  had  benevolent  collections. 
No  one  knew  who  had  subscribed  but  the  committee,  and  no 
account  was  kept  of  payments;  it  was  left  between  the  giver  and 
his  Lord.  At  the  end  of  the  year  the  payment  fell  short  of  the 
subscription  about  $1(3,  which  shortage  was  fully  accounted  for 
by  deaths  or  removals.  But  we  were  rejoiced  with  the  hope  that 
we  had  found  the  remedy  for  our  trouble,  and  we  for  several 
years  met  fully  our  expenses  by  that  expedient.  The  fir.st  annual 
meeting  after  its  trial  was  a  joyful  one.  We  had  a  balance  in  the 
treasury  of  about  $25,  and  no  one  could  remember  that  a  balance 

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on  the  right  side  had  ever  been  reported  before.  There  have 
been  several  crises  in  our  finances,  when  debt,  accumulated  by 
shortages  or  from  some  unexpected  necessary  outlay,  has  been 
cleared  off.  In  one  instance,  S'lon  after  my  coming,  the  debt 
was  removed  by  aid  from  the  members  of  other  churches,  ob- 
tained through  the  pastors  of  those  churches. 

The  Sunday-school,  when  I  came  here,  was  a  small,  quiet, 
earnest  .school  of  about  100  scholars— children  of  the  church— held 
in  the  upper  room  of  the  old  chapel  building.  Much  earnest, 
intelligent  teaching  was  done  by  a  corps  of  Christian  men  and 
women  and  the  children  were  brought  into  church  membership, 
almost  without  exception.  It  outgrew  the  room  and  had  to  be 
removed  into  the  body  of  the  church.  Large  classes  in  long  pews, 
seated  behind  the  teachers'  back  and  taught  by  looking  over  his 
shoulder,  were  managed  with  great  difhculty,  espeLially  as  a  mis- 
sion element  began  to  come  in.  The  teacher  spoke  to  one  end  of 
the  class,  while  the  other  end  of  the  class  was,  to  say  the  least, 
uninterested;  when  the  teacher  reached  the  other  end  the  schol- 
ars at  the  first  end  lost  interest.  Dr.  Mcllvaine  had  had  an  expe- 
rience in  a  large  church,  built  up  out  of  a  large  Sunday-school. 
The  material  for  a  large  school  was  in  the  streets  of  our  neigh- 
borhood, and  the  doctor  thought  that  would  be  the  key  to  success 
for  our  church,  but  a  new  school  building  must  first  be  provided. 
Such  a  building  seemed  essential  to  our  prog-ess— almost  essen- 
tial to  the  continued  existence  of  the  church. 

The  church  also  needed  a  parsonage.  Dr.  Poor  had  occupied 
a  house  built  for  him  by  the  elder  Mr.  Rankin.  During  the 
vacancy  of  the  pulpit  that  house  had  been  otherwise  occupied  and 
no  suitable  house  near  the  church  couVl  be  found,  and  the  ladies 
of  the  church  earnestly  desired  to  build  a  parsonage.  "Sociables" 
were  held  at  the  houses  of  the  different  members  which  were  well 
attended  by  all,  and  were  very  helpful  in  all  the  work  of  the 
church  as  well  as  in  bringing  together  and  uniting  the  members. 
At  one  of  those  sociables,  held  at  Mrs.  Pennington's  house,  the 
pastor  and  a  few  gentlemen  drew  aside  into  the  library  and  dis- 
cussed the  Sunday  School  building  and  determined  that  the  time 
had  come  to  build,  and  then  arranged  to  start  the  movement.  As 
we  left  the  library  I  happened  to  leave  the  room  first  and  .saw 
Mrs.  Pennington  coming  toward  me  from  the  parlor.  She 
approached  me  and  said,  "  Mr.  Rockwood,  what  do  you  suppose 
we  ladies  have  been  doing  ?  We  have  formed  a  Ladies'  Parsonage 
Association  and  we  are  going  to  build  a  parsonage."  We  gentle- 
men were  struck  dumb  and  not  a  word,  I  think,  was  said  by  any 
one  of  what  we  had  decided  to  do.  Nothing  could  be  said.  We 
could  not  antagonize  the  ladies.  The  two  things  could  not  be 
undertaken  together.  The  parsonage  was  built  at  a  cost  of 
$22,000,  instead  of  $15,000,  as  expected.  The  ladies  agreed  to 
pay  $1,000  a  year,  which  they  did  do  with  utmost  promptness, 
raising  the  amount  by  all  the  devices  known  to  church  ladies. 
The  last  few  years  the  payments  were  less,  so  that  about  twenty- 
five  years  were  required  to  complete  that  work— and,  the  Sunday 
School  waited. 

The  prayer  meetings  were  always  well  attended  and  most 
interesting  and  profitable.  I'r.  Poor,  at  the  beginning,  put  the 
meetings  eniirelv  in  charge  of  the  elders.  His  motto  was  that 
the  pastor  shoul'l  do  nothing  that  he  could  induce  the  elders  to  do. 
The  plan  has  worked  wtll,  relieving  the  pastor  and  educating  the 
elders .     The  arrangemen  t  was  especially  valuable  during  vacancy 

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of  the  pulpit,  when  the  meetings,  not  having  depended  on  the 
pastor,  did  not  lose  their  efficiency  when  most  needed  to  hold 
the  church  together.  I  came  here  during  the  revival  of  1858, 
when  over  the  whole  country  so  many  were  brought  into  the 
church,  apparently  as  a  result  of  the  financial  disasters  of  1857. 
The  spirit  of  the  meetings  was  most  spiritual.  At  that  time  often 
we  would  have  more  than  20  men  able  aud  willing  to  take  part. 

The  chui'ch  has  always  been  united  and  cordial  in  feeling. 
Our  Sunday  hand  shakings  testify  to  the  fact.  I  think  it  is  trace- 
able to  the  genial  spirit  of  Dr.  Poor.  Even  in  our  settlements  of 
pastors  there  has  been  no  division.  In  each  case  a  committee 
was  appointed  representing  the  session,  trustees,  deacons  and 
the  congregation.  That  committee  was  in.structed  to  report  a 
name  with  recommendation  when  they  could  do  it  unanimously. 
There  were  no  divisions  in  the  committee.  In  each  case  at  the 
congregational  meeting  the  report  was  received  in  absolute 
silence.  There  was  nothing  to  indicate  the  feeling  of  the  meeting 
and  the  committee  were  anxious  for  the  result.  Remarks  were 
called  for.  Not  a  word  was  offered  in  reply;  the  vote  at  first 
ballot  was  in  each  case  unanimous.     Did  not  the  Lord  direct? 

One  interesting  incident  once  occurred  in  the  church  which  I 
will  mention  without  nani'^s.  There  was  a  good  deal  of  religious 
interest  in  the  congregation  and  we  were  having  a  week  of 
special  preaching  in  the  chapel  in  the  evening.  A  minister  from 
a  neighboring  town — a  widower — was  to  preach  and  was  enter- 
tained at  a  certain  house  where  there  was  in  the  family  a 
returned  missionary,  a  widow.  The  widower  and  the  widow 
walked  to  church  together  and  were  late.  The  minister  came  in 
first  and  the  lady  a  minute  or  two  later,  and  she  had  to  take  a 
front  seat  directly  before  the  pulpit.  A  minister  sat  in  one  of  the 
chairs  by  the  pulpit  so  that  he  could  look  in  the  lady's  face.  The 
sermon  was  very  solemn.  After  the  service  the  minister  said  to 
the  preacher,  "Your  sermon  visibly  moved  one  of  your  audience — 
she  was  much  affected  and  should  be  spoken  to."  The  preacher 
replied,  "She  is  a  returned  missionary — a  widow.  She  and  I 
walked  to  church  together  and  on  the  way  became  engaged. 
Lingering  on  the  way,  we  came  in  late,  and  she  was  naturally 
embarrassed."  "  Well,"  replied  the  minister,  "I  will  record  in 
my  note  book  that  a  newly  engaged  missionary  appears  like  a 
convicted  sinner." 


BDOress  ot  3obn  X.  ^eeher. 


CTOBER  2,  18()2,  J.  J.  Dickersou,  C.  G.  Rockwood. 
and  S.  A.  Farrand  were  elected  ruling  elders;  at 
the  same  election  J.  R.  Weeks  and  J.  L.  Meeker 
were  elected  deacons.  A  few  days  after,  Mr.  Dick- 
erson  passed  over  to  me  his  books,  the  accounts  of 
the  benevolent  funds  of  the  church.  These  books 
run  back  to  January  5,  1855,  when  E.  M.  Noyes  and  M.  L.  Good- 
man were  elected  the  first  deacons  of  the  church,  both  of  whom 
appear  to  be  the  treasurers  at  the  same  time  until  1862.  So  we 
have  no  accounts  of  benevolent  funds  for  the  first  five  years. 

The  best  that  can  be  done  is  to  average  the  first  five  years  by 
the  next  eight  years.  If  the  first  five  years  were  like  the  next 
three,  we  have  to  deduct  $4,000,   taken  in  the  church  and  paid  to 


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L.  Spencer  Goble,  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  So  the 
items  I  have  collected  are  for  benevolent  purposes,  leaving  out 
the  $4,000  that  ought  to  appear  on  the  books  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Report  of  Benevolent  Funds  of  Hioh  Street  Presbyterian 
CiLi'KCH  FROM  Nov.  12th,  1849,  TO  Nov.  13th,  1899. 

Deacons'  Fund $9,295  00 

All  other  objects 73,271  00 

Total $82,566  00 

Deacons'  Fund. 

Average  first  ten  years $102  00  per  year 

Average  last  ten  years 286  00 

Average,  fifty  years 186  00       " 

All,   Including  Deacons'  Fund. 

Average,  ten  years,  '55-' 64 $658  00       " 

Average,  last  ten  years 2,582  00 

Average,  fifty  years 1,651  00       " 

I  would  like  to  say  a  few  words  about  some  items  in  the 
books.  In  1857  there  are  a  number  of  entries  stating  they  were 
paid  in  coin;  alsD  a  number  of  entries  stating  the  loss  on  Spanish 
coin,  amounting  to  about  $5  within  a  month. 

In  1881  we  took  up  $S5  for  suiferers  by  fires  in  Michigan.  In 
1875  we  took  up  $152  for  Kansas  suflferers;  the  book  does  not  state 
what  ailed  them. 

In  1871  we  took  up  $808  for  suflferers  by  Chicago  fire.  But 
the  collection  that  awakened  in  my  mind  the  most  vivid  recollec- 
tion was  a  collection  of  $19  taken  up  April  30,  1863.  It  was  one 
of  the  darkest  hours  in  this  nation's  history.  Two  months  before 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  when  General  Lee  was  beginning  to 
move  his  army  into  the  Northern  States,  President  Lincoln  asked 
the  people  to  hold  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer.  In  two  months 
came  that  battle,  the  Waterloo  of  the  Civil  "War.  probably  the 
greatest  battle  the  world  has  ever  known,  when  it  is  said  that  one 
division  of  the  Confederate  army  lost  2,700  men  in  twenty-five 
minutes — more  than  100  men  a  minute.  But  the  victory  was 
ours,  and  we  shall  never  know  in  this  world  how  much  the  fasting 
and  the  prayers  that  went  up  from  anxious,  aching  hearts  that 
day  had  to  do  with  the  freedom,  unity  and  glory  of  the  grandest 
nation  the  sun  ever  shone  on. 

Now,  the  soul  andinspjration  of  a.  religious  gathering  is  the 
lunch.  The  ancient  temple  had  its  holy  of  holies,  the  modern 
temple  has  its  kitchen. 

When  Queen  Esther  knew  the  fate  of  her  nation  hung  in  her 
hands  she  called  for  fasting  and  prayer;  when  Nehemiah  saw  the 
great  work  before  him  of  rebuilding  Jeru.salem  he  engaged  in 
fasting  and  prayer. 

When  our  Saviour  spoke  to  the  disciples  about  some  great 
work  like  the  moving  of  mountains  he  said:  "This  kind  goeth 
not  forth  but  by  fasting  and  prayer,"  and  when  the  disciples  met 
him  coming  down  from  the  mountain  and  asked  why  could  we  not 
■cast  out  the  devil  he  used  the  same  words. 

I  have  spoken  of  this  more  fully  because  I  fear  we  are  drift- 
ing  away  from    some   important   things.     If   there   is  anything 


taught  in  the  history  of  the  church  it  is  this  fact,  if  God's  people- 
will  have  God"s  blessing  they  must  adopt  God's  ways. 

Now.  if  you  will  allow  me,  I  will  read  this  paper  handed  to 
me  by  Charles  E.  Weeks:  "  New  York,  Dec,  IISSO,  received  from 
Jas.  B.  Pmneo,  Treasurer  of  the  High  Street  Pres.  Church,  at 
Newark,  N.  J  ,  One  Hundred  and  Ninety  One  Dollars  and  Sixty 
Three  Cents  for  the  ciuse  of  Foreign  Missions  as  the  contribution, 
of  sai  1  churjh  for  1850."     Now.  this  proves  two  things,  first,  that 

Mr.  Pinneo  was  treas- 
urer, and  that  we  did  our 
share  of  benevolent  work 
outside  church  expenses. 
In  asking  L.  Spencer 
Coble,  who  was  one  of  the 
treasurers  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  what  he  could 
remember  about  those 
early  days  he  said  : 
"  About  all  I  can  recol- 
lect is  that  at  the  end  of 
each  3^ ear,  we,  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  used  to  meet 
at  Governor  Penning- 
ton's. I  used  to  give  a 
statement  of  m  y  a c- 
counts,  and,  of  course, 
we  were  always  in  debt; 
then  the  Governor  would 
say  :  '  Well,  now,  boys, 
we  cannot  leave  the 
church  in  debt.'  So  we 
would  divide  it  up;  the 
Governor  would  take  two 
shares,  the  rest  of  us  one 
apiece,  and  clean  the 
thing  up." 
So  you  see  in  that  early  day  they  established  a  precedent 
that  has  been  largely  followed  by  the  board  ever  since. 

Now,  just  a  word  or  two  about  the  volunteer  choir.  One 
Thanksgiving  day,  many  years  ago,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Twitchell  and 
Mrs.  Poor  were  there  and  Mr.  Theodore  Smith  was  at  the  organ. 
At  the  close  Mr.  James  B.  Pinneo,  who  was  a  good  judge  of 
music,  beside  being  pa.ssionately  fond  of  it,  said  "  it  was  worth 
traveling  a  hundred  miles  to  hear  that  music." 


GOV.   WM.    PENNINGTON. 


BDDress  b\>  Milltam  1Ran^an» 

W.\S  not  one  of  the  fathers  and  founders  of  the  High 
Street  Church,  though  familiar  with  its  early  history. 
As  a  member  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  I 
look  an  interest  in  its  financial  struggles  and  in  1855 
drew  up  and  headed  an  appeal  to  my  fellow  mem- 
bers  of  that  congregation  for  a  subscription  in   its 

aid.     This  paper,  with  its  list  of  donors,  I  here  present  and  ask 

Mr.  Coe  to  read.     *     *     * 

My  father  built  a  parsonage  for  the  first  pastor  of  the  church, 

consulting  him  as  to  its  plan,  and  when   Dr.    Poor  resigned  his 


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charge  and  removed  from  the  city,  it  commanded  a  rent  doub'e 
what  had  previouslv  been  paid. 

Mr.  James  B.  Pinneo  doubtless  contributed  a  larger  propor- 
tion of  his  limited  means  to  the  erection  of  the  church  and  for 
sustaining  its  services  during  Dr.  Poor's  pastorate  than  any  other 
individual  member,  and  without  his  self  sacrificing  sjDirit  our 
beautiful  house  of  worship  could  never  have  been  built. 

My  connection  with  this  church  began  in  1877,  and  for  most 
of  the  time  since  I  have  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
and  the  financial  condition  of  the  church  in  these  later  years  has 
been  increasingly  prosperous. 

My  two  published  addresses,  one  at  the  laying  the  corner 
stone  of  the  new  Sunday  school  building  and  the  other  at  its  dedi- 
cation, with  their  historical  references,  are  among  the  archives  of 
the  church. 

BttDvess  b\?  Dr.  Bcnnis 

THOUGHT  as  perhaps  no  one  else  would  make  any 
mention  of  the  volunteer  choir,  I  would  say  a  few 
words  in  regard  to  that  very  important  part  of  the  ser- 
vices. But  before  taking  up  the  choir  I  want  to  say 
a  word  of  the  impression  which  High  Street  Church 
made  upon  me,  coming  a  stranger  to  the  city  in  1860, 
forty  years  ago. 

The  church  seemed  to  me  to  have  the  thought  of  giving  a 
spiritual  home  to  new  comers,  and  it  gave  me  a  home,  with  all 
that  that  word  implies,  of  love  and  walchful  care,  of  tender  regard 
for  the  feelings  of  loyalty  to  the  individual  member,  so  that  com- 
ing in  as  a  stranger  I  was  received  as  one  of  them. 

The  contrast  was  most  marked  in  the  case  of  some  other 
churches  in  the  city;  for  a  friend,  an  intimate  friend  of  mine, 
came  into  the  city  as  a  teacher  about  a  year  later,  and  he  told  me 
that  he  went  in  and  out  for  three  or  four  months  and  absolutely 
knew  no  one.  I  came  a  stranger  and  was  received  at  once  and 
was  made  a  fellow  member,  made  to  feel  one  from  the  outset. 

Then  I  have  to  thank  the  High  vStreet  Church  for  carrying 
out  one  of  the  duties  of  the  home,  that  of  the  education  of  the 
head  and  of  the  heart.  I  am  more  thankful  than  for  any  single 
thing  that  the  church  educated  me  in  the  work  of  giving.  That 
has  been  the  keynote,  I  think,  of  much  that  High  Street  Church 
has  done  for  its  membership.  They  have  adopted  the  thought  of 
Paul:  "'It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive."  And  so 
they  have  educated  the  membership  of  this  church  to  give  money, 
as  you  have  just  heard.  This  not  wealthy  church  has  been 
giving  liberally — $80,000  to  $90,000  given  to  other  objects;  mis- 
sions, I  suppose,  over  $800,000. 

Then  it  has  educated  the  membership  not  only  in  giving 
money  but  giving  personal  service;  in  helpfulness  towards  its 
fellow  members,  in  giving  spiritual  truth,  as  you  see,  all  those  of 
you  who  know  anything  of  the  prayer  meeting.  It  has  been  a 
mine  of  rich  spin lual  truth  which  has  poured  out  each  week  of 
its  treasures  into  the  hearts  of  its  people. 

It  demands  of  the  members  that  they  shall  give  not  only 
time,  money  spiritual  truth,  but  everything  which  makes  the 
church  strong. 

And  that  very  giving  has  exerted  a  powerful  influence  upon 
the  pastors.  What  pastor  could  stand  before  a  giving  church  and 
not  give  in  return  ?     And  so  our  pastors  have  been  giving  men. 

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In  addition,  our  church  ministers  to  one  thing  which  I,  as  a 
physician,  could  not  but  notice.  I  once  read  a  book  by  Horace 
Bushnell  on  "Christian  Nurture."  He  says  it  is  a  grand  truth 
that  the  Christian  is  bound  to  be  the  healthiest  man  in  the  world 
because  he  above  all  others  obeys  the  laws  of  God. 

The  testimony  of  this  church  has  been,  and  you  will  see  it  as 
you  look  over  the  heads  here,  that  longevity  is  the  law.  We 
have  our  Rockwood,  and  Rankin  and  G rover,  all  men  of  ripe 
years  and  bald  heads.  And  so  in  later  years,  our  Meeker  and 
Farrand,  who,  if  they  had  not  drank  of  the  fountain  of  perpetual 
youth,  would  be  old  men.  And  look  at  Mr.  James  Coe  and  Mr. 
Richard  Jenkinson,  they  too  are  striving  to  walk  in  the  footsteps 
of  these  their  predecessors.  Elders  Holzhauer  and  Dodd  have 
not  been  long  enough  in  the  church  or  they  would  be  bald  too. 
We  might  draw  therefrom  the  conclusion  that  this  church  is  a 
more  powerful  auxiliary  of  longevity  than  any  life  insurance  com- 
pany in  the  country. 

It  is  safe  to  keep  in  touch  with  this  church — you  are  surer  of 
long  life.  I  don't  dare  to  touch  on  the  feminine  side,  except  in 
case  of  my  wife.  You  can  all  see  how  much  older  she  is  than  I 
am,  which  is  because  she  has  been  a  member  here  longer  than  I 
have. 

The  Volunteer  Choir  has  been  a  living  exponent  of  the  spirit  of 
giving.  Composed  of  Mrs.  Poor,  Miss  Penuingion.  Miss  Knight, 
Geo.  Baldwin  and  his  brother;  J.  R.  Weeks,  Pudney,  Nora 
Taylor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Twitchell,  Juliet  Bradshaw,  Addie  Pierson, 
Misses  Grover,  Mrs.  Stead,  Henry  Northrup.  Mr.  Smith  was 
organist.  Mrs.  Poor  was  one  of  the  members  of  the  choir  for 
twenty  years  except  when  she  was  training  members  of  another 
choir  at  home.  I  came  to  Newark  in  1S60  and  joined  the  choir  in 
1860,  and  until  1863  I  was  also  a  member.  The  later  choir  was 
composed  from  1860  to  186."),  and  Mr.  Smith  was  organist  and  Mr. 
Weeks  leader.  That  choir  was  in  operation  from  18()0  to  1865. 
Later  on.  from  1865  to  1868,  Mrs.  Twitchell  led  for  three  years. 
Only  those  who  have  been  in  a  choir  know  the  self-sacriiicing 
labor  which  is  required  by  giving  time  and  thought  and  attending 
rehearsals  through  storm  and  sunshine,  cold  and  heat,  to  main- 
tain this  part  of  the  services.  They  were  faithful  and  the  church 
-owes  them  a  debt  of  gratitude. 


aDDvess  b^  Cbarles  E.  Meefts 

VOLUME  might  be  written  on  this  subject,  but  I 
shall  confine  myself  to  a  very  brief  summary  of  the 
receipts  and  disbursements  during  that  period. 

The  church  has  had  fifteen  different  treasurers, 
viz.,  James  B.  Pinneo,  L.  Spencer  Goble,  George  B. 
Sears,  Charles  G.  Rockwood,  John  B.  Pudney, 
Theodore  I!.  Smith,  Samuel  L.  Buck,  Isaac  Pomeroy,  Jonathan 
Fairchild,  William  Passmore,  Edward  Kanouse,  Ernest  E.  Coe, 
Adelbert  B.  Twitchell,  Charles  E.  Weeks  and  J.  Frank  Kitchell, 
and  the  amount  received  by  them,  exclusive  of  borrowed  money 
and  contributions  for  benevolence,  has  reached  the  grand  total  of 
$:j50,6:52.76. 

The  statement  has  frequently  been  made,  although  entirely 
unwarranted,  that  a  considerable  part  of  the  money  raised  from 

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1850  to  1852  for  building  purposes  was  contributed  by  other 
churches.  It  is  true  that  about  $7,000  was  received  in  contribu- 
tions from  and  for  sale  of  pews  to  individual  members  of  other 
churches,  but  rot  a  single  dollar  was  contributed  for  that  purpose 
by  any  church  organization. 

On  May  1.  1850,  a  plot  of  ground,  having  a  frontage  of  187 
feet  on  High  and  Shipman  streets  and  a  depth  of  197  feet  on 
Court  street,  was  purchased  for  $5,485.00.  The  northerly  46x197 
feet  of  the  land  was  afterward  sold  for  $1,481.20,  leaving 
$4,003. 80  as  the  net  cost  of  the  present  church  lot.  The  cost  of 
constructing  and  furnishing  the  building  was  $39,258.21,  making 
a  total  of  $43  2(52.01.  This  amount,  as  shown  by  the  statement 
rendered  bj'  Mr.  James  B.  Pinneo,  treasurer,  and  other  official 
records,  was  made  up  as  follows: 

Sale  of  Mercer  street  chapel  to  the  German  Evangelical 

Pnsbyterian  Church $1,450.00 

Mortgages  on  the  church  property   10,000.00 

Contribution  of  James  B.   Pinneo." 12,246.81 

2  contributions  from  $1,000  to  less  than  $1,500 2,752.95 

2             "                 "           750      "           "        1000 1,617.00 

7             "                 "           500      "           "          750 3,914.00 

16             "                '•           250      "           '■           500 5,150.52 

35             "                 "           100      "           '•           250 5,038.58 

24             "                 '                5      "           '•           100 766.75 

Ladies'  Sewing  Society,  church  collections  and  interest.  325.40 

Total $43,262.01 

On  April  1,  1872,  a  plot  of  ground  50x200  feet  on  the  westerly 
side  of  High  street  was  purchased  of  Jacob  D.  Vermilye  for  the 
purpose  of  building  a  parsonage.  While  the  consideration  named 
in  the  deed  is  $16,250,  Mr.  Vermilye  donated  $10,000  of  the 
amount,  making  the  actual  cost  of  the  lot  $6,250.  The  construc- 
tion of  the  building  cost  $14,413  54,  making  a  total  of  $20,663.54. 
The  work  of  raising  funds  for  this  purpose,  which  was  commenced 
by  the  Ladies'  Parsonage  Association  in  1871  and  finished  in  1893, 
resulted  in  their  collecting  the  sum  of  $21,031.65. 

In  the  year  1890  the  long  talked-of  project  of  erecting  a  new 
chapel  or  Sunday-school  building  took  definite  shape  through  the 
donation  by  Mrs.  Phebe  A.  Goble  of  money  and  securities  to  be 
used  exclusively  for  that  purpose.  The  members  of  the  church 
responded  liberally  to  the  appeal  for  contributions,  but  as  quite  a 
number  desired  to  pay  in  ten  semi-annual  installments,  a  mort- 
gage for  $12,000  was  executed  to  cover  the  deferred  payments 
and  any  deficiency  in  the  amount  required  to  complete  the  work. 
The  corner-stone  was  laid  by  Mr.  William  Rankin  on  October  29, 
1890,  and  the  building  was  dedicated  September  2S,  1S91.  The 
amount  required  to  pay  for  the  construction  and  furnishing  was 
made  up  as  follows: 

Contributed  by  Mrs   Phebe  A.    Goble $11,737  22 

"    Other  members 14,524  50 

"    Sunday-school 1,875  96 

"    Ladies'  Union 700  00 

"    Whatsoever  Society 160  00 

Proceeds  of  opening  fair  1,076  15 

Mortgage  on  church $12,000  00 

X,ess  amount  paid  from  contributions 5,100  00  6,900  00 

Total  cost $36,973  83 

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The  actual  cost  of  the  church  property,  exclusive  of  ordinary- 
repairs  has  been  as  follows: 

Church  lot $4,008  80 

Construction  of  church  building :^l),2r)S  21 

$48,262  01 

Parsonage  lot $6,250  00 

Construction  of  parsonage  building 14,418  54 

. 20,663  54 

Construction  of  Sunday-school  building 86,973  83 

Assessment  on  church  lot  for  street  improvement ....  2.620  00 

Assessment  on  parsonage  lot  for  street  improvement.  381   17 

New  organ  for  church,  built  in  1899 4,505  40 

Total $108,355  95 

The    receipts    and    disbursements    during    each    pastorate, 
adding  to  the  terms  of  Dr.    Poor  and    Dr.   Mcllvanie   the  four 
months  in  which  the  pulpit  was  vacant,  have  been  as  follows  : 


Receipts. 

DISBURSEMENTS.. 

Pastorate. 

Propeity. 

R^p--  i:%zz. 

Total. 

Dr.  Poor,  20J^  yrs. 

Dr.  Mcllvaine,18i^ 

yrs 

$102,560.98 
136,299.06 
111.772.72 

$43,444.41 
21,620  64 

$10,640.14 
11  702  4.>^ 

$53,476.43    $107,560.98 
102,725  97      136,049.06 

Dr.   Lampman,  11 
yrs 

43,280.90          4,379.87 

66.261 .95      113,922.72 

Total,  50  yrs 

$350,632.76 

$108,345,951     $26,722,461  $222,461,351  $357.53v!.76 

Disbursements  $6,900  in  excess  of  receipts. 


aD&rcsB  of  1b.  3f.  ©sborne. 

HE  Sunday-school,  from  which  small  beginning  grew 
the  High  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  began  in  this 
way;  Mrs.  James  L.  Dickerson  and  Mi.ss  Nancy 
Hunter  gathered  together  a  company  of  neglected 
children  for  religious  instruction.  They  assembled 
for  a  time  in  the  carpenter  shop  of  Wm.  S.  Ketcham 
until  a  neat,  convenient  chapel  was  built  on  Mercer  street,  and 
there  regular  Sunday-.school  and  preaching  services  were  estab- 
lished. Rev.  Enos  A.  Osborne  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  enter- 
prise from  its  inception  and  preached  regularly  to  the  people  living 
in  the  vicinity. 

Rev.  Daniel  W.  Poor,  son  of  the  venerable  missionary,  came 
to  Newark  in  1849,  and  was  invited  by  Mr.  Osborne  to  occupy 
the  pulpit  one  evening,  and  preached  so  acceptably  that  it  was 
decided  to  give  him  a  call.  Dr.  Poor  was  greatly  beloved  by  his 
people.  He  inherited  from  his  father — who  was  in  Ceylon — the 
missionary  spirit  and  his  sympathies  were  soon  enlisted  for  the 
neglected  chi'dren  living  west  of  High  .street.  A  mission  school 
was  opened  in  a  chapel  on  Baldwin  street,  built  by  Mr.  Aaron  Coe 
for  the  use  of  the  church,  and  there  for  many  years  a  very  flour- 
ishing mission  was  sustained,  one  of  the  largest  at  that  time  in 
the  State.  Manv  men  and  women  who  have  been  prominent  in 
the  various  walk's  of  life — the  pulpit,  law.  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  mer- 
cantile— received  their  early  religious  training  in  the  mission  of 
the  High  Street  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  George  B.  Sears  was. 
the  first  superintendent,  and  was  succeeded  by  H.  F.  Osborne. 

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BC>ores!3  b^  Senator  Hxetcbam. 

V  MEMORY  does  not  cover  the  meeting  for  organi- 
zation, yet  I  can  recall  tilings  that  transpired  soon 
after. 

It  was  once  my  privilege  to  attend  this  church 
and  my  earliest  impressions  were  gathered  here. 

This  church  and  the  Roseville  church  have  been 
almost  contemporaneous  and  both  show  a  similar  history.  Each 
was  started  in  a  house;  each  went  to  a  carpenter  shop;  each  then 
succeeded  to  a  wooden  chapel  and  each  to-day  occupies  a 
spacious  edifice  with  hundieds  of  wo'shipers.  Each  had  for  its 
zealous  missionary  that  sainted  man,  Rev.  Enos  A.  Osborne. 

My  first  thoughts  of  this  church  cluster  about  the  Sunday 
School  in  my  father's  carpenter  shop,  rear  of  No.  22  Mercer 
street,  long  since  consumed  by  fire.  Every  Saturday  the  shav- 
ings were  swept  out,  the  benches  set  aside  and  floor  planks 
placed  upon  nail  kegs  as  seats.  Here  we  sat  and  listened  to  the 
■earnest  words  of  our  superintendent.  Air.  James  B.  Pinneo,  and 
studied  from  the  New  Testament  with  no  accessories  save  occa- 
sionally a  child's  paper.  Each  Fourth  of  July  the  school  received 
a  gift  of  peanuts  and  oranges,  which  made  it  popular  with  the 
•children . 

Not  long  after  my  father  built  the  chapel,  Nos.  28  and  80 
Mercer  street,  now  enlarged  and  owned  by  the  Baptists.  Here 
Rev.  Mr.  Osborne  preached,  and  then  came  Dr.  Poor.  The 
Sunday  School  soon  filled  the  pews.  Mr.  Stephen  H.  Condict 
was  my  teacher  and  Mr.  Samuel  Pinneo  was  a  member  of  the 
■class.  Gov.  Wm.  Pennington  and  his  family  were  regular 
attendants  at  the  preaching  services.  He  had  an  imposing 
appearance,  yet  withal  a  kindly  face,  and  his  smile  as  he  put  his 
big  hand  on  the  heads  of  the  boys  was  a  benediction  which  has 
followed  us  through  life. 

Dr.  Dennis  has  spoken  of  the  volunteer  choir.  There  was 
another  choir  that  antedated  his;  it  occupied  the  northeast  corner 
■of  the  old  chapel.  Governor  Pennington's  family  was  its  main 
support.  Miss  Etta  Pennington  played  the  small  pipe  organ.  I 
can  claim  a  remote  connection  with  this  choir  for  as  a  small  boy  it 
sometimes  fell  to  my  lot  to  blow  the  organ. 

The  chapel  soon  filled  with  teachers  and  scholars.  Mrs. 
James  L  Dickerson  and  Miss  Hunter  did  pioneer  work  in  search- 
ing for  children.  Both  ladies  would  go  about  the  neighborhood 
intercepting  any  who  wandered  on  the  streets,  visiting  from 
house  to  house  and  thus  bringing  many  to  the  school.  Often 
they  would  enter  in  the  midst  of  the  exercises,  when  Mr.  Pinneo 
would  distribute  the  lot  among  the  classes.  Sometimes  these 
ladies  would  occupy  a  vacant  corner  and  talk  to  the  new  recruits. 

I  remember  how  proud  we  were  of  our  new  minister.  Dr. 
Poor  could  teach  a  class  in  Latin  or  preach  a  sermon  in  German, 
which  he  sometimes  did  for  Dr.  Guenther.  The  spiritual  idea 
had  haj-dly  entered  our  thoughts,  yet  who  shall  say  that  the 
impressions  then  gained  were  not  the  product  of  a  higher  power 
and  did  not  become  the  impetus  of  many  lives? 

Then  came  the  big  stone  church  Like  the  temple  of  old  it  was 
filled  at  its  dedication.  The  senior  Dr.  Poor  took  part  in  the 
services,  and  such  scholars  of  the  Newark  Wesleyan  Institute  as 
desired  could  attend.  That  school  was  Wesleyan  in  name,  but 
really  it  might  have  been  called  one  of  Calvin's  institutes.     From 

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the  first  it  was  largely  attended  by  Pre'^byterian  students,  and  its 
chief  trustee  was  a  member  of  the  old  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

It  was  at  th's  High  street  Sunday-school  that  a  faithful  teacher 
urged  my  attention  upon  eternal  things.  The  impressions  of  that 
day  and  the  missionary  addresses  of  the  elder,  Dr,  Poor,  devoted 
largely  to  children,  will  abide  as  long  as  memory  endures. 

To  look  backward  is  pleasant ;  to  look  forward  is  better.  The 
past  in  part  we  know,  but  what  of  the  next  fifty  years?  Who  will 
come,  who  will  go,  and  to  whom  will  the  arm  of  the  Lord  be 
revealed?  Let  us  pray  that  here,  in  this  same  pulpit,  as  in  the 
past  so  in  future  years,  the  messenger  of  the  Lord,  like  the  angel 
in  the  vision,  will  hold  aloft  the  everlasting  gospel,  and  that  those 
who  celebrate  the  hundredth  anniver>ary  may  behold  results  such, 
as  we  now  cannot  even  dream  of. 


WILLIAM    RANKIN,    LL.    D. 


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Social  ^eetino. 

,N  FRIDAY  EVENING,  November  16,  at  8  o'clock, 
in  the  Church  Parlors  was  held  our  Social 
Reunion.  The  parlors  were  crowded.  Those  who  had 
been  identified  with  the  Church  came  as  to  a  loved 
mother  to  offer  again  a  tribute  of  their  affection,  and 
some  of  them  had  come  from  long  distances,  both  from 
the  West  and  the  East.  It  was  interesting  to  listen  to 
the  groups  as  they  tried  to  bridge  over  the  time  that 
had  separated  them.  Men  grew  young  again  in  recall- 
ing the  years.  The  meeting  was  not  only  a  pleasure  to 
those  assembled,  but  it  was  a  source  of  strength.  For 
running  all  through  it  was  a  kindling  spiritual  impulse. 
As  men  and  women  recalled  labors  and  sacrifices  for 
Christ  and  noted  now  the  results — they  oft'ered  new 
thanks  to  God  and  had  new  courage  for  the  work  yet 
to  be  done. 


%\et  ot  ©fficcre  Since  ®r(jani3ation. 
pastors. 

REV.   D.  W.   POOR.  D.   D. 

Installed,  Nov.  7,  ls49.  Resigrned,  July  12,  18j9. 

REV.  J.    H.   MCILVAINE,   D.   D. 

Installed,  July  7,  187!i.  K.-sig-ned,  June  3J,  1887. 


REV.    LEWIS    LAMPMAN,   D.   D. 

Installed,  Nov.  22,  1888. 


ElDers. 


James  B.  Plvneo, 
Jno.  R.  Daviso.n, 
Samuel  Baldwin, 
George  B.  Se.\i<s, 
Chas.  B.  Northrop, 
William  Pen.ningto.x, 

JAxMES   J.     DiCKERSON, 

Samuel  A.  Fakrand, 
Ch.^s.  G.  Rockwoou, 
Lab.an  Dennis, 
Jno.  L.  Meeker, 
Wm.  Rankin, 
J.\o.  W.  Taylor, 
Samuel  L.  Pinneo, 
a.  b.  twichell, 
Jas.  a.  Coe, 
Wm.  B.  Don, 
Chas.  Holzhauer, 
H.  F.  Osborne, 


INSTALLED. 

RESIGN  ED. 

Sept.  16,  1849. 

Sejit.  16,  1849. 

May    14,  1852 

May   14,  1852. 

May   14,  1852. 

Julv    15.  1858. 

June    12,1868 

July    15.  1858. 

Oct.      2,  1862. 

Oct.      2,  1862. 

Oct.      2,  1862. 

Oct.  10,  1871. 

Oct.    10,  1871. 

Jan.  17,  1875. 

Jan.   17.  1875. 

Jan.   17,  1875. 

Nov.  2o,  1882. 

Mar.  18,  1894. 

Mar.  18,  1894. 

Mar.  18,  1894. 

Mar.  18.  1894. 

Beacons,  .^stalled. 

Elfameo  L.  Noves, Jan.     5,1855. 

MvRON  S.  (lOoi).MAN, Jan.     5,1855. 

J.AMES    J.   DiCKERSON,                  ....  Julj'       3,  1858. 

John  B.  Pudnev, July     3,  1858. 

Dennis  Sullivan, July     3,  1858. 

Jno.  R.  Weeks Oct.     2,  1802. 

J.N-o.  L.  Meeker,              Oct.     2,  1862. 

John  W.  Taylor Dec.     1,  1864. 

Hknkv  F.  Osborne Dec.     1,  1864. 

Ja.mes  Yereance,               Oct.    10,1871. 

J.NO.  F.   HUNTSM.AN Oct.     10,1871. 

Adelbert   B.  TwiCHELL Oct.    10,1871. 

J.AMES  A.  Coe, Jan.    17,  1875. 

Wm.  N.  Bakri.n'Ger, Jan.    17,  1875. 

Eli  Dennis,            Jan.   17,1875. 

W.M.  H.  WiNANS, Jan.    17,1875. 

Thos.  J.  Stead.               Jan.   17,1875. 

Jno.  R.  Weeks, Mar.  18,  1894. 

Chas.  D.  Williams, Mar.  18,  1894. 

Chas.  H.  Wharton, Mar.  18,  1894. 


RESIGNED. 


May. 
.\pril. 


1858 
1858 


June    16,  1864 


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^Trustees. 


WM.   PENNINGTON,  First  President. 


Aaron  Coe, 
W.  S.  Ketcham, 
Robt.  McKenzie, 
C.  T.  Pierson, 
Charles  Taylor, 
J.  R.  Weeks, 
James  J.  Dickerson, 
Aaron  Ward,  Jr. 
L.  Spencer  Goble, 
E.  M.  Noj'es, 
Peter  W.  Martin, 
Jos.  H.  Henry, 
Jonathan  Fairchild, 

E.  R.  Ogden, 
S.  L.  Buck, 
J.  B.  Pudney, 
G.  S.  Schenck, 
Isaac  Pomeroy, 
Chas.  G.  Rockwood, 
Abraham  Van  Arsdale, 
Jno.  L.  Meeker, 
Theo.  H.  Smith, 
W.  D.  Simonton, 
S.  A.  Far  rand, 

F.  W.  Ricord, 
J.  E.  Goll, 
Wm.  Passmore, 
Robert  Dodd, 
Stephen  A.  Dickerson, 
John  W.  Taylor, 
EH.  Hyde, 
Lyman  Tichenor, 
Henry  D.  Northrop, 

Che.-ter  R. 


A.  B.  Tvvitchell, 
Dr.  Laban  Dennis, 
E.  R.  Pennington, 
James  Yeareance, 
C.  H.  Harrison, 
Geo.  B.  Jenkinson, 
Jno.  F.  Huntsman, 
James  A.  Coe, 
Edward  Kanouse, 
Horatio  B.  Joy, 
E.  E.  Coe, 
Wm.  N.  Barringer, 
Wm.  Rankin, 
Jos.  G.  Crowell, 
Chas.  E.  Weeks, 
Wm.  H.  Everett. 
J.  D.  Harrison, 
James  W.  Grover, 
Richard  C.  Jenkinson, 
H.   B.  Taylor, 
E.  C.  Holmes, 
Edward  W.  Dunning, 
Wm.  S.  DeMott, 
Geo.  B.   Jenkinson,  Jr. 
P^rank  M.  Parker, 
Adam  C.  Krick, 
Amzi  Taylor, 
Samuel  L.  Pinneo, 
Joseph  F.  Kitchen, 
Eugene  Ward, 
Charles  D,  Williams, 
Andrew  Wilson. 
S.  Roswell  Ward, 
Hoag. 


Ipresent  ®rt3ani5ation. 


JANUARY,    1901. 


pastor. 

REV.   LEWIS    LAMPMAN,   D.    D. 

]£lC>ers. 

CHARLES  G.  ROCKWOOl).  WILLIAM    RANKIN,  LL.   D. 

SAMUEL    A.  FARRANH.  JOHN    L.   MEEKER, 

JAMES   A.  COE  WILLIAM    B.   DOD, 

CHARLES   HOLZHAUER,  HENRY    F.  OSBORNE. 

SAMUEL   L.  FIXNEO.  Clerk. 


2)eacons. 

JOHN    R.  WEEKS,  President. 
JOHN    L.  MEEKER,  Treasurer. 
CHARLES   A.  WHARTON,  Secretary. 
THOMAS   J.  STEAD, 
CHARLES   D.  WILLIAMS. 


Urustees. 

JAMES   A.  COE,  SAMUEL    A.  FARRAND. 

CHESTER    R.   HOAG.  RICHARD    C.  JENKINSON, 

J(^SP:PH    F.  KITCHELL,  Treas..  WM.  RANKIN,  President, 

eugenf:  ward,  charles  e.  weeks, 

ANDREW    WILSON,  Sec. 


SunDa^isScbool. 


J  NO.  R.  WEEKS,  Superintendent. 

JNO.  L.  MEEKER,  Ass't  Superintendent. 

WM.  H.  MACDONALD,  Sec.  and  Trea.s. 

EVERETT   SCHAUFELE.  Assistant   Sec. 

CHAS.  A.   KNAPP,  Librarian. 

MRS.   WM.  B.   DOD,  Junior  Dept.  Teacher 

MISS   C.   AMELIA  COE,  Primary   Dept.  Ttaclur. 


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